Recent content by SpecWarSquid

LOL Very observant. Yeah Idk. Same story, they didn't come with the truck. I took the tailgate of my 79 suburban awhile back and i don't remember there being any special trick to it. Of course I was parting it out and didn't have to deal with re-installation. So that may be where people give up...

Got my tailgate window up after being stuck halfway down for 7 months due to sheared lock cylinder. Just removed the crank assembly and cranked the regulator up manually.

Thanks. Just been busy and nothing really much to report. Been my Daily Driver since I bought her. And now that things are starting to wear out I'll have more to post about as I repair, replace and improve things. Harmonic Balance, Vacuum Pump, Both Alternators, Sheetmetal work etc etc. I've...

Thanks Dave. I've already have a radio table (Although mine doesn't have the sheet metal top. Was that typical?) but don't have it installed because my back seat is always full of kids. Free is a fair price LOL , I've seen them go for $75 - $125. Thanks anyways. :beer:

TA DA!!!!!! FINALLY.....4 inch lift, 3/4 ton axle swap and 36 inch Humvee tires...DONE!! Now on to more CUCV to do's....:D

Some pics of my '09. Been my Daily driver for 2.5 years now

Check out the pattern on this M1009 towing a Humvee. Is it an actual pattern or just the old Woodland camo coming through? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Hxvt-PdHI&index=4&list=UUCEyFnfKPtLyPpfk3KGPgkw

The "Battery Booster" resistors are used to balance the draw across both batteries and step down the voltage to the 12VDC range. It's not exactly 12VDC because it depends on a few things; the voltage level of your batteries, the resistances of your glow plugs(which changes as they heat up) and...

Stranger 75 I may have talked to you before. I'm doing this EXACT same swap. Same donor and all. Mine has the bigger brakes My question for you is are you planning on swapping over the rear spring packs from the Burb? In my mind this is where the lion's share of the towing weight capacity is...

Yanked the rear 10 bolt out of the M1009 Chassis.

Top of core support, passenger side.

My little buddy and I held another Weekend Working Party on the 09 chassis. We reclaimed another 10 gallons of diesel with still an inch or so left in the tank but it was now light enough for us to drop the tank and skid plate. We didn't get as much done as we wanted due to time. But next...

Roger that, Will do. I plan to have the swap done before winter gets here.

Doesn't this cover it?

@Mike68 ~ Thanks!! @HighplainsPrepper ~ Nice, kinda like a MOLLE rack for vehicles. I dig it!! @Cameron8757 ~ Can you give some specifics on your axle swap? For instance what year axles and any difficulties you ran into during the swap such as capatibility issues? I about to do the same...